Trace-carrier.



Patented Mar. 25, I902.

C. HARRELL. TRACE CARRIER.

(Application filed Dec. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

5|" canto r, 62/2/05 1? I 5 witnesses attouwip UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONRAD HARRELL, OF WHIGHAM, GEORGIA.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,332, dated March 25, 1902. Application filed December 5,1901. Serial No. 84,732. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CONRAD HARRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Whigham, in the county of Decatur and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrace-Oarriers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to trace-carriers, and more particularly to that class of devices adapted to be attached to the ends of a backba nd used on plowing-harness and designed to support the trace at various distances above the ground, whereby the depth of insertion or working of the plow may be controlled.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and which is constructed to guide the lines as well as to support the trace-chains. a

With this object in view the invention con sists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out'in the appended claim. Y Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of a portion of a back-band, illustrating the application thereto of my improved trace-carrier; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the same parts, showing the trace-chain in position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the lower end of the back-band, to which is secured my improved trace-carrier.

The trace-carrier consists of a plate 2, which is riveted or otherwise secured to the backband and has struck up from it hooks 3, the bills 4 of which are arranged in vertical par allel order and project equidistant from the plate.

5 denotes a latch pivoted to a cross-bar 6, formed integral or secured to the lower end of the plate and provided at its upper end with a cylindrical bolt-casing 7, within which is arranged a bolt 8, forced upwardly by a coilspring-9. This bolt-casing is provided with a longitudinal slot 10, through which projects a knob 11, by means of which the bolt may be retracted. The latch and bolt-casing are adapted when the device is in operative position to bridge over the hooks, as shown in the drawings, and the bolt is adapted to project through an aperture 12, formed in a housing 13, secured at theupper end of the plate, in'which housing is arranged a pulley 14 to serve as a guide or support for the line or rein.

15 denotes a cross-bar arranged at the lower end of the plate and to which maybe attached a girth when occasion requires.

In operation one of the links of the tracechain is engaged with one of the hooks, according to the depth it is desired to work the plow, and the latch swung upwardly and its boltlocked to the housing. When the latch is in.this position, it will be absolutely impossible for o the trace-chain to become de= tached or to shift from one hook to the other. hen it is desired to adjust the chain to a hook above or a hook below that to which it was formerly connected,this may be quickly done by retracting the bolt, swinging the latch downwardly, and hooking the link of the chain over the hook to which it is desired to attach it, and then locking the latch in its former position, as above explained.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and ad vantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is-

A trace-carrier-of the character described, consisting of a plate from which are struck up hooks arranged in vertical parallel order, the bills of which project upwardly and are equidistant from the plate, a housing secured to said plate at its upper end and formed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set with a hole to serve as a bolt-keeper, a sheave my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 1o journaled in said housing, a latch hinged to l nesses.

said plate and adapted to bridge said hooks, I

and a spring-actuated bolt carried by said latch and adapted. to engage the hole in the Witnesses: housing and retain the latch in engagement C. WV. \VIMBERLEY, with the hooks, substantially as set forth. E. A. \VIMBERLEY.

CONRAD IIARRELL. 

